The Second Semi-Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 will be held today live from Israel. Eighteen countries will compete for one of the ten spots left for the Grand Final on Saturday.
Host and screenwriter Assi Azar and YouTuber Lucy Ayoub will be the main hosts of tonight’s show, that will take place at Expo Tel Aviv. Two more hosts will be at the Green Room to talk with the performers during the semifinal, supermodel Bar Refaeli and TV presenter Erez Tal.
The running order for tonight is as it follows:
- Armenia: Srbuk – Walking Out
- Ireland: Sarah McTernan – 22
- Moldova: Anna Odobescu – Stay
- Switzerland: Luca Hänni – She Got Me
- Latvia: Carousel – That Night
- Romania: Ester Peony – On A Sunday.
- Denmark: Leonora – Love Is Forever
- Sweden: John Lundvik – Too Late For Love
- Austria: PÆNDA – Limits
- Croatia: Roko – The Dream
- Malta: Michela – Chameleon
- Lithuania: Jurij Veklenko – Run With The Lions
- Russia: Sergey Lazarev – Scream
- Albania: Jonida Maliqi – Ktheju tokës
- Norway: KEiiNO – Spirit In The Sky
- The Netherlands: Duncan Laurence – Arcade
- North Macedonia: Tamara Todevska – Proud
- Azerbaijan: Chingiz – Truth
Viewers from all the countries taking part in the Second Semi-Final are invited to vote via the official app, telephone and/or SMS. The voting window will be open after the last song has been performed, and will end 15 minutes later. Televoters determine 50% of the outcome while professional juries do so with the other half of the voting combination according to the performances of yesterday’s Jury Semi-Final show.
Apart from the participating countries, these are the direct qualifying countries that will vote in the Second Semi-Final:
- Germany
- UK
- Italy
Remember, in case of a tie between two or more songs in the combined ranking between public televote and jury, the song that obtains a better ranking from the viewers will prevail. Full split results will be revealed after the Grand Final to keep the excitement until the end of the contest.
Today’s show will feature guest performances by the national selection participants Shalva Band, which is comprised of musicians with disabilities, and Israeli mentalist Lior Suchard. Also, the viewers will be able to watch a sneak peek of the Big 5 performances by Mahmood, Michael Rice, and S!sters, three of the six pre-qualified finalists.
Follow the Second Semi-Final of Eurovision 2019 live from Tel Aviv at 21.00 CET on our Multi-Window Live Feed.
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